The £1.25 billion investment into controversial weapons will provide 'ultimate guarantee of safety' and could begin as early as next week

BY RYAN SABEY

1st October 2016, 11:46 pm

Updated: 2nd October 2016, 4:14 pm

A BILLION-POUND building phase on new sumbarines to carry the controversial Trident missiles will begin this week.

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announced £1.25 billion investment to start constructing the new Successor fleet for the nuclear deterrent system which are the “ultimate guarantee of our nation’s safety”.

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Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announced the plan ahead of the Tory Party conference

The cash for BAE Systems will be used in part to build the part of the submarine that controls the reactor at the Barrow-in-Furness yard in Cumbria.

Speaking ahead of the Tory party conference which starts in Birmingham today, he said: “We cannot know what new dangers we might face in the 2030s, 2040s and 2050s so we are acting now to replace them.

“Along with increasing the defence budget to buy new ships, planes and armoured vehicles, this shows that the Conservative Party will never gamble with our national security.”

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The Government plans to plough £1.25 billion worth of investment into the deterrent system